Park Features

Designed with student input, Park Hall features semiprivate bathrooms clustered around double rooms. A limited number of single rooms and studio apartments also are available. Park Hall also features two two-story social lounges, laundry facility with online access, a fitness room, study lounge, and computer lab/technology center. The building offers a large multipurpose room for presentations and other group meeting space.

Furniture in Park Hall is stackable with desks, chairs, beds, and dressers. Walk-in closet space is available for each person in the room. Watch our video with tips for arranging the furniture in your room. Along with a phone jack, one wired Ethernet outlet will be available in student rooms, and wireless Internet service will be available throughout the building.

Park Hall was designed to meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification standards as developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. It is more energy efficient and uses less water than standard buildings.

History

Park Hall was named for Don Park, a former vice president for university advancement at Ball State. His dedicated administrative leadership contributed significantly to the growth and development of the university. Park, who served as an assistant professor of education administration in Teachers College and rose to full professor in 1974, also served Ball State and the people of Muncie during a four-year term as an Indiana state senator from 1970 to 1974.